Charged teacher no longer employed at town private schools

Paul Schott

Updated 11:00 pm, Monday, July 28, 2014

Sean Jackson, the music teacher arrested last week for allegedly making an "unsuitable request" to a 10-year-old student, is no longer working at either of the Greenwich private schools where he taught during the last school year.

Stanwich officials Monday would not say whether Jackson was fired due to the charges or left the school prior to his arrest. Convent of the Sacred Heart representatives did not return a request for comment Monday, but last week said Jackson no longer works there, and that police told them the case did not involve a CSH student.

"The health and safety of our students is always our top concern," Stanwich Head of School Paul Geise wrote in an email to parents on July 24, the day after police arrested Jackson. "Upon receiving word of the allegations regarding Dr. Jackson, we moved immediately to fully support and cooperate with the Greenwich Police Department and other agencies in their investigation of Dr. Jackson.

"We hope you appreciate that because of the sensitivity of this matter, we are not in a position to discuss this further."

Jackson taught part-time at Stanwich from 2008 to this year. He taught part-time at Convent of the Sacred Heart during the past school year.

"We are not aware of any inappropriate behavior involving our students during the 10 months he was a member of our community," Kathy Failla, Sacred Heart's communications director, said last week. Jackson, 41, of Stamford, was arrested July 23. He was tutoring the student alone "in a private school setting" at the time of the reported incident, police said.

Jackson has been charged with risk of injury to a minor, a Class C felony. He was released on a $500 bond and is scheduled to appear Wednesday in state Superior Court in Stamford.

Police have not disclosed any additional information about the alleged incident.

A phone number for Jackson is not listed, and other attempts to reach him or his attorney were unsuccessful.